Re: Finding my database

I have put v8.0 back on as you suggested, but so far it has made no
difference. I am still unable to get the service restarted. When installing
I changed the install to drive D, and also changed the data reference to the
directory where I moved the data to. I unchecked the initialize database
cluster and it seemed to install fine and did not create the usual data
directory within the SQL folder. But for some perplexing reason, even
though it all was working fine on drive C, I can't for the life of me work
out what has gone wrong. I cannot export any data if it's not finding the
data. And if I was able to export it then I wouldn't need to be going
through all the hassle I am. Any further suggestions that I might be able
to try to get the SQL service running. What other possible reasons would
there be for it not seeing my database?

-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond O'Donnell [mailto:rod(at)iol(dot)ie]
Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 10:33 PM
To: apitt(at)tech2u(dot)com(dot)au
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Finding my database

On 17/08/2007 05:44, apitt(at)tech2u(dot)com(dot)au wrote:

> needed to move it to the D Drive. After completely messing everything up,
I
> am now unable to get it working. I have uninstalled everything and now
have
> v8.2 installed on the D drive, and I put the data directory back within
that

I know it's not a lot of help to you at this point, but the recommended
way to backup and restore a database is using pg_dump, and if you're
moving from one major version to another it's the only way.

Was the previous installation of Postgres also 8.2? If not - if it was
an earlier version - I'd put the old version back, point it at the data
directory, then use pg_dump to export the data if you want to upgrade at
that point.

Have a look at the following, and in particular the examples towards the
bottom:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/app-pgdump.html

HTH,

Ray.

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